Minerals content of EV versus conventional vehicles by mineral type 2022
Battery electric vehicles (EV) require several more minerals than conventional vehicles, including on average some 66.3 kilograms of graphite and nearly 40 kilograms of nickel per vehicle. Indeed, battery EVs require varying quantities of lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and rare earths, while conventional vehicles do not. Manganese and copper are required for both conventional vehicles and battery EVs, albeit in about double the quantity in battery EVs.
